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  "title": "THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER",
  "category": "[RADIO-SERIES]",
  "article": "THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER (WOR, NEW YORK—MBS)\n[Tuesday—9:30-10:00 PM]\nAugust 23, 1949\n“Why Don’t You Die?”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…a unique story of a newspaperman who\ncreates a situation to puzzle ballistics experts, confound psychologists\nand drive doctors crazy. The story, dealing with a young man who keeps\non walking through a hail of lead from a Tommy gun, is titled, ‘Why\nDon’t You Die?’…”]\nAugust 30, 1949\nSeptember 6, 1949\nSeptember 13, 1949\n“The Cat Died Twice”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…Having a cat for a pet is one thing. But when\na miser starts to lavish expensive gifts upon tabby, then it’s time for the\nMysterious Traveler to tell the tale… A scheming nephew resents the\nmiser’s spending spree—and attempts to cure the old man by murdering\nhim…”]\nSeptember 20, 1949\n“Destination Death”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…If you’re plotting to kill husband, it’s nice to\nhire a sharpshooter to do the dirty work. Of course it can become a little\nembarrassing if hubby is a crack shot, too. That’s what one wife learns to\nher dismay…”]\n[September 27—PRE-EMPTED]\nOctober 4, 1949\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…The strange story of a young boy who\nexpressed the desire to follow in the footsteps of a famous murderer—\nJack the Ripper—will be presented on Mutual’s ‘Mysterious Traveler’\nprogram…”]\nOctober 11, 1949\nOctober 18, 1949\n“Nightmare House”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…The story of a terrified woman and her\npsychiatrist…”]\nOctober 25, 1949\n“No One on the Line”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…Murder in itself is bad enough but when the\nwrong person is killed, that’s a mistake to pay for doubly, so says\nMutual’s ‘Mysterious Traveler,’ who will explain the strange situation\nthrough the dramatization…”]\nNovember 1, 1949\n“The Witness”\n[ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: “…Living or dead, animate or inanimate,\nthere’s always ‘The Witness’ to a murder. So says Mutual’s dark-cloaked\n‘Mysterious Traveler’ who’ll prove his point during his weekly train ride\ntonight…”]\nMYSTERY AT MIDNIGHT\n[RADIO-SERIES]\n[Pittsburgh Press—Thursday, December 14, 1939—“Playhouse and Broadcast Casts Plan Eerie\nSeries”]\n“Pittsburgh is to have its own ‘Lights Out’ radio program.\n“Beginning tonight at midnight (sometimes known as the witching hour) KDKA will present the\nfirst of a series of radio dramas to be known as ‘Mystery at Midnight.’\n“Program director Derby Sproul and members of the Pittsburgh Playhouse have dire plans\nafoot. They intend to scare the daylights out of listeners—and from all indications said listeners\nwill love it.\n“Recent surveys reveal that mystery and horror stories have the strongest appeal.\n“Year in and year out such hair-raisers as ‘Dracula,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Tell Tale Heart’ and\n‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’ continue to head the list. Recently the cycle of horror pictures from\nHollywood reached a peak of public acceptance.\n“…Taking parts in the ‘Mystery at Midnight’ series will be Tallye Dunston, Charles Bruskey and\nSimon Gerson. Frederick Burleigh will be narrator and commentator, as well as director of\ntonight’s show.”]\nMYSTERY AT MIDNIGHT (KDKA, PITTSBURGH)\n[Thursday—12:00 MIDNIGHT-12:30 AM]\nDecember 14, 1939\n“The Sacrifice”\n[PITTSBURGH PRESS: “…At midnight tonight KDKA brings to dialers a\ncute little pulse-raiser entitled ‘The Sacrifice,’ positively guaranteed to be\ngory in a ghastly sort of way. The story is laid in England in the time of\nthe Druids when human sacrifices were the order of celebrating special\nevents such as the coming of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The play\nwas written following a horrible nightmare by Tom Wilmot, who also will\ndirect succeeding horror spasms. The story is reported to be so eerie that\nWilmot and the actors need escorts home after each rehearsal. They even\nget scared themselves…”]\nDecember 21, 1939\nDecember 28, 1939\n[missing issues in early January; no program on January 25]\nMYSTERY IN THE AIR\nJUNE 29, 1947:\n[Pittsburgh Press—“Lorre Turns To Classics”]\n“Peter L\nMYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM\n[MOTION-PICTURE]\n[Montana Butte Standard, January 2, 1933—“Hollywood in Person” by Mollie Merrick]\nMys t e r i es  w i th  t he horror  a n g le\na re stll!  the most  p o p u l ar  form of\nHollywood  p i c t u r e. Lionel  A t w l ll\nB l g ns tor  a n o t h er one  w i th \"Murders In the Zoo,\" which  P a r amo u nt\nw i ll produce  a nd  f or whi ch  G a ll\nP a t r i c k,  R a n d o l ph Scott,  C h a r l ie\nFlugglcs  and John Lodge  h a ve  a lr e a dy  b e en cast. \"Doctor X,\" Atwlll'i!  f i r st  h o r r or  h i t, was  f\no l l owed\nby \"Wax Mus eum.\" In which this\na c tor  a g a in scored a not able  t r iu m ph at the preview by reason or\nt he  f a ct  t h at his diction wan no\nc l e ar and lovely, his  a c t ing fa rcut r a ined  a nd  c omp e t e nt  a nd  h l»\nm a k e up a  t r i u m ph  w h i ch sets  the\nr e cords of Lon  C h a n cy nnd Boris\nK a r l o ff on  t he B|K>t for pe r f e c t ion.\nIt took Atwi ll six hours—«lx hourn\nof torture by the way-^to be cor^\nr c c t ly  f i t t ed into the elaborate\nm a s k - m a k e up  for \"Wax Museum.\"\nPr epa r ed for the role at First Nat i o n al  s tudio by  the expert*  t h e r e,\nhe was dr iven In a closed car to\nWarner's we s t e rn  s t u d io  w h e re  t he\nscenes were be ing shot. Twice ho\nwo r k ed  In  I he  u n c o m f o r t a b le he at\nof the mask  u n t il he collapsed. But\nthe net  r e sult  IB  o n e - of \"the mos\nconvincing bits of motion picture work done on  tho  n o u nd  n l n g cs of\nH o l l y w o od to dut c.\nThis document was created with the Win2PDF “Print to PDF” printer available at\nhttps://www.win2pdf.com\nThis version of Win2PDF 10 is for evaluation and non-commercial use only.\nVisit https://www.win2pdf.com/trial/ for a 30 day trial license.\nThis page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF.\nhttps://www.win2pdf.com/purchase/",
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